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Who will be the first to put a human on the Moon in this century?
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(Score: 2) by istartedi on Friday June 21 2019, @10:58PM
I voted China, but just to play devil's advocate let's look at what might hold them back. First, they might care more about terrestrial military might. They're working on aircraft carriers to compete with the USA, and they're showing imperialist action on the seas. Imperialism is expensive. Second, they rely on trade to drive their economic engine and Trump is working to dismantle that trade. Third, "it's been done". They might prefer to push for Mars instead. Fourth, they might just do some analysis and decide that while a "prestige" shot is possible, they can't justify an ongoing presence at this time. They can be very practical as evidenced by their "communism" that is about as far from communism as you can get.
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